RPC IV.2, 1578 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 1578 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Sardis
Region Lydia
City Tmolus
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Magistrate Apollonides (strategos)
Dating c. 184–190
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥΡ ΚΟΜΜοΔΟϹ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Κόμμοδος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Commodus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Commodus wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from centre
Reverse inscription ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΙΔΗϹ ϹΤΡΑ ΑΝΕΘΗΚΕ ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟΠΟΛΙΤΑΙϹ
Edition Ἀπολλωνίδης στρα(τηγὸς) ἀνέθηκε Αὐρηλιοπολίταις
Translation Apollonides, strategos, dedicated (this) to the Aureliopolitans
Reverse design Dionysus seated in biga drawn by centaurs, left, placing hand on top of his head, holding thyrsus; one centaur with tympanum, the other with cantharus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 38 mm
Average weight 32.81 g
Axis 12
Reference Foss, Tmolus 182, type P, Hochard 2746
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     vA 3241 = MMAG 52 (19/06/1975), 680
2 2     P: 100 GRPCL Tmolus-Aureliopolis 20 = Hochard 2746a, pl. 166
3 3     ✸ CNG Mail Bid Sale 79 (17/09/2008), 608
4 4     Rome: 80380 Calomino MNR 375